Knowing my propensity to over-research consumer products, sometimes a friend or family member will call me to ask my advice about a par...

As we enter the winter months and the holidays , keeping shoes out of your home can become a little more challenging. But the bene...

© Depositphotos.com/alenkasm Flame retardant chemicals  are Persistent Organic Pollutants, meaning that they are toxic, persistent...

School's out and that means that my kids are spending a lot more time in our backyard. I am a big fan of outdoor play for kids and...

Get Rid of Stuff Before spring cleaning is the perfect time to ruthlessly eliminate clutter, since deep cleaning often involves movi...

Today's Easy Eco-tip:  Use bar soap instead of liquid soap. Give bars a chance. For several years now,  body wash has outst...

I don't have to take any pledges to stay home from shopping Thanksgiving evening. Or even on Black Friday. Because I dislike shopping...

1. Switch to cloth napkins. Not ready to commit to a paperless kitchen? Still in love with paper towels? Just try switching to cloth n...

Dear Readers, Help me out. I really want to compost. I feel guilt every time I toss watermelon rinds and carrot peelings in the trash....

Once I began exercising again after my third child was born, I decided it was time to retire my decade-old yoga mat and invest in ...

We purchased a home a little over a year ago. And with that home I inherited yet another batch of junk mail. Some days the mail box was j...

Getting ready to plant a fruitless olive tree so I don't have to stare at my backyard neighbor's second-floor balcony all day. ...

After our used pressure-treated wood play structure debacle , I began researching options for new wood play structures. I seriously cons...

Line drying: so simple, so frugal, so green. And yet, kind of a pain. In green blogger circles, you sometimes here this confessio...

About a year ago, my husband and I purchased a home that needed some remodeling. I'm no green building expert. I'm just an eco...

Kids love to cut, glue, draw and make things. Unfortunately, the less expensive conventional arts and crafts products often contain ingr...

Kids love to cut, glue, draw and make things. Unfortunately, the less expensive conventional arts and crafts products often contain ing...

Let me tell you a really sad story. Several months ago I started trolling Craig's List for a used wood play structure. My frien...

Do you take clothes to the cleaners? My husband used to take his dress shirts and pants to a dry cleaner. Once I entered the green path,...

With the weather heating up, our old seen-better-days plastic water table is getting renewed attention, particularly from my 18-month-ol...